Arjun Aryal
Kathmandu
10 Papers
59 Citations
Arjun Aryal is an academic researcher from Kathmandu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Taenia solium & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Epidemiology, Impact and Control of Rabies in Nepal: A Systematic Review.
Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Arjun Aryal,Barun Kumar Sharma,Barun Kumar Sharma,Anita Ale,Anne Declercq,Stephanie Depraz,Tara Gaire,Gyanendra Gongal,Surendra Karki,Basu Dev Pandey,Sher Bahadur Pun,Luc Duchateau,Pierre Dorny,Pierre Dorny,Niko Speybroeck +17 more
TL;DR: It is proposed to make rabies the model zoonosis for successful control in Nepal, and important research gaps include the reporting biases for both human and animal rabies, the ecology of stray dog populations and the true contribution of the sylvatic cycle.
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Epidemiology of Taenia solium in Nepal: is it influenced by the social characteristics of the population and the presence of Taenia asiatica ?
Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Arjun Aryal,Durga Datt Joshi,Suman Rijal,Jeevan B. Sherchand,Nicolas Praet,Niko Speybroeck,Luc Duchateau,Jozef Vercruysse,Pierre Dorny,Pierre Dorny +11 more
TL;DR: The results can help to understand the epidemiology of T. solium in Nepal, which appears to be more complex than thought so far, and that all collected tapeworm specimens were T. asiatica, a species thus far not known to occur in South Asia.
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Complexities in using sentinel pigs to study Taenia solium transmission dynamics under field conditions.
Brecht Devleesschauwer,Arjun Aryal,Jayaraman Tharmalingam,Durga Datt Joshi,Suman Rijal,Niko Speybroeck,Sarah Gabriël,Bjorn Victor,Pierre Dorny +8 more
TL;DR: The longitudinal field study performed in southeastern Nepal generated new hypotheses on the transmission dynamics of Taenia spp.
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Seroprevalence of Zoonotic Parasites in Pigs Slaughtered in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Brecht Devleesschauwer,Mathieu Pruvot,Durga Datt Joshi,Stéphane De Craeye,Malgorzata Jennes,Anita Ale,Alma Welinski,Sanjyoti Lama,Arjun Aryal,Bjorn Victor,Luc Duchateau,Niko Speybroeck,Jozef Vercruysse,Pierre Dorny +13 more
TL;DR: A cross-sectional study in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal serologically determined the infection status of slaughtered pigs with regard to three of the most important parasites transmitted through pork consumption: Trichinella spp.
Are elderly people living in old-age home, less depressed than those of community? findings from a comparative study
H Ghimire,PK Pokharel,PM Shyangwa,DD Baral,Arjun Aryal,AK Mishra,Harishchandra Ghimire +6 more
- 01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The high prevalence rate of depression among the elderly in old-age homes and community lowers their productivity and places burden to family and society, and concerned authorities should timely address depression in elderly people.